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GCSE Maths4th Edition

Authors: Kevin Evans Keith Gordon Brian Speed Michael Kent

Your whole class will need frequent practice in problem-solving and reasoning skills to succeed in the new GCSE Maths exam.

Our resources provide exactly that, for students at every level.

And we’ve done it in the most easily accessible way.

Available Spring 2015

For AQA

For Edexcel

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GCSE Maths is changing, and the Fourth Edition of GCSE Maths from Collins has been completely revised and updated to develop and embed the skills your students need, while providing a clear and supportive route through the new, more challenging GCSE content.

More opportunities for practice – targeted support for your students with tailored, differentiated resources designed to provide extra practice where it is most needed. Choose from Skills Books which focus on reasoning and problem solving, Practice Books which focus on fluency and a Booster Workbook to provide additional practice for Foundation tier students, plus hundreds of differentiated questions in the Student Books.

Your whole class will need frequent practice in problem-solving and reasoning skills to succeed in the new GCSE Maths exam.

Our resources provide exactly that, for students at every level.

And we’ve done it in the most easily accessible way.

GCSE Maths

Flexible routes through the curriculum – however you want to teach it. The structured teacher resources provide options for covering the GCSE in two, three, or five years, plus support on how to tackle the new content that has moved from AS and A-level to GCSE and from Higher tier to Foundation.

Easy for your students to get to grips with – content is designed to be as clear and easy to understand as possible whilst covering all of the new, harder topics, featuring clear sign-posting of skills plus plenty of practice for fluency and consolidation.

On-going assessment opportunities – track progress with auto-marked end of chapter, half term and end of year tests – which give you and your students regular knowledge checks before moving on, and prepare students for final assessment with exam-style question papers.


Changes to GCSE Maths GCSE Maths is changing from September 2015 – you can read an overview of the main changes below. Find out more at collins.co.uk/GCSEMaths.

•Newassessmentobjectives•New,morechallengingcontentforbothtiers•LinearcoursewithexamsattheendofYear11•Changetoassessmenttime(4.5hours)•Newgrading(9–1notA*toG)

A brief overview of the new Assessment ObjectivesAO1: Use and apply standard techniques

AO2: Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically

AO3: Solve problems within mathematics in other contexts

Move to linear assessmentNomodules–allassessedatendofyear11

3 papers, 4.5 hours in total and any topic can feature in any paper

How will GCSE Maths support you and your students?• Moreopportunitiestopractice!• Flexibleroutesthroughthecurriculum• Highlyaccessibleandeasyforyourstudentstogettogripswith• On-goingassessmentopportunities

Find out more about how GCSE Maths will support you and your students in the course overview on the opposite page.

New to both Foundation and Higher tiers

systematic listing strategies

Fibonacci type sequences

quadratic sequences

simple geometrical progressions

pressure

functions

frequency trees

Venn diagrams

New to Foundation tier

standard form

surds

expanding and factorising quadratic expressions

solving quadratic equations by factorising

simultaneous equations

trigonometry

New to Higher tier

inverse functions

composite functions

graph of y = tan x velocity-time graphs

quadratic inequalities

nth term of a quadratic sequence

rates of change

iterative processes

invariance

Examples of new content

Using Maths Frameworking, 3rd edition and GCSE Maths, 4th edition together will give you a complete 5 year maths programme. A free 5 year Scheme of Work for Higher tier is available to download from collins.co.uk/GCSEMaths.

(MathsFrameworkingandthe5yearSchemeofWorkhavenotbeenenteredintoapprovalprocesseswithAQAorendorsementprocesseswithEdexcel.)

Teach Teacher Packs Available for Foundation and Higher tiers.

Deliver the new GCSE Maths curriculum with confidence using a detailed introduction to the course.

How is GCSE Maths structured?

Learn Student Books Available for Foundation and Higher tiers.

Cover the content for the new GCSE Maths specifications with practice opportunities throughout and a focus on problem solving and reasoning – supporting thenewAOs.

GCSE Mathsfor Edexcel 4th Edition


Assess Track progress with automarked end of chapter, half term and end of year tests, and prepare students for final assessment with exam-style question papers. Practise

Practice Books Available for Foundation and Higher tiers.

Support students in mastering AssessmentObjectiveAO1.

Booster Workbook

Available for Foundation tier.More practice for those students who require additional support.

Build Skills Maths Skills Builder Extra support for a smooth transition from KS3 to GCSE.

Skills Books Available for Foundation and Higher tiers. Support students in mastering AssessmentObjectives AO2andAO3.

Content is available online at home and at school, meaning it’s ideal for use as a front-of-class teaching tool and as a way to set homework and tests.

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GCSE Maths for AQA Higher Student Book is approved by AQA. The Foundation Student Book has entered an approval process with AQA.

GCSE Maths for Edexcel Higher Student Book is endorsed by Edexcel. We are working with Edexcel to gain endorsement for the Foundation Student Book.

Student Books• Fully revised and updated for the

new GCSE specifications for AQA and Edexcel

• Written by experienced teachers and expert authors

• Focused on mathematical reasoning and problem solving to build the skills students need for success at GCSE

Student Books are structured to cover all the content required for the complete GCSE. Separate Student Books for Foundation and Higher tier are available.

Solve problems within mathematics and in other contexts with clearly flagged questions

Reason, interpret and communicate mathematically with plenty of practice questions

Differentiate at the top end with more challenging questions

Provide rigorous maths practice with hundreds of high- quality questions


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Focus on literacy skills with key words per topic

Show step-by-step working through clear worked examples

Build skills and techniques to tackle the new assessment objectives

Evaluate progress before moving on

Teacher PacksAvailable for Foundation and Higher tiers

• DeliverthenewGCSEMathscurriculum with confidence using a detailed introduction to the course

• Helpstudentsachieveasmoothtransition from KS3 to GCSE with carefully structured lessons and thorough explanations of the assessmentobjectives

• Planaheadwithdetailed,practicalschemes of work for 2, 3 and 5 year teaching

• Pickupandteachwithdetailedlesson plans – perfect for cover lessons,NQTsandfullofideasformore experienced teachers

• Extrateachersupportonmorechallenging topics

• Answerstoallquestionsfrom the Student Books included

Extra support for a smooth transition from KS3 to GCSE

Maths Skills BuilderAuthor: Chris Pearce

• GetaheadstartonGCSEinYear9

• Focusontwoofthemainaimsofthenewcurriculum – mathematical reasoning and problem-solving – with additional practice and explanation

• DevelopGCSEskillswithlonger,moredescriptive questions that support the development of students’ literacy, thinking skills and investigative strategies

• Useflexiblyintheclassroomorasahomeworkresource

• Assesslearningwithanswersandcommentsincluded in a tear-out section

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Go to collins.co.uk/GCSEmaths to download sample chapters from the Foundation and Higher Teacher Packs.

Go to collins.co.uk/GCSEmaths to download a sample chapter from the Maths Skills Builder.

Collins Connect resources, Teacher Packs and the Maths Skills Builder are not being entered into the AQA approval process, or the Edexcel endorsement process.

Discover GCSE Maths resources on Collins Connect

• YoucanaccesstheStudentBookonConnect,formattedforeasyusesection-by-sectioninclassroom.• Individualstudentlog-insarealsoavailable• Progressandreviewfeaturethathelpsstudentsknowwhattheyshouldhavelearntandhowtheyare

progressing, followed by useful review questions• Endofchapterhomeworkauto-markedtestsforeverychapter• Aproblem-solvingfeatureineverychapter• Interactiveglossary

Collins Connect for GCSE Maths also contains Tests

• 25 auto-marked half term tests, labelled for 2 year and 3 year GCSE respectively• 3 auto-marked end of year tests

And, downloadable exam-style practice papers with mark schemes.

Teach GCSE Maths flexibly and in a way that suits your students with a full suite of digital resources.

Powered by an innovative online learning platform, Collins Connect makes GCSE Maths content available at home and at school, meaning it’s ideal for use as a front-of-class teaching tool and as a way to set homework and tests.

Digital resources for Collins GCSE Maths have been selected to improve and build on key skills in maths such as fluency, problem-solving, correcting common misconceptions, using the correct vocabulary, applying maths to real-life scenarios and encouraging independent learning.

Collins Connect also contains automarked test questions to help students check their progress and understanding of topics as they move through the course and provide you with an overview of areas of strengths andweaknesses.YoucanassignhomeworkandteststoindividualsoryourwholeclassviayourVLEorbyemailinjustafewclicks.


YoucantrialCollins Connect completely free for 14 days. Email [email protected] to find out more.

Sample material is also available for you to look at online for free – visit connect.collins.co.uk/secondary-teaching-resources.

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Practice BooksAvailable for Foundation and Higher tiers, Practice Books are designed to support studentsinmasteringAssessmentObjectiveAO1–usingandapplyingstandardtechniques. They follow the same structure as the Student Books, making them ideal for use both in the classroom for additional practice or as a homework resource.

• Buildstudents’confidencewithhundredsofdifferentiated practice questions

• Easilyidentifytopicsforfurtherpractice,intervention, prior knowledge recall and revision

• Challengethemostablestudentswithplenty of challenging questions

Skills BooksAvailable for Foundation and Higher tiers, Skills Books support studentsinmasteringAssessmentObjectivesAO2andAO3: reason, interpret and communicate mathematically; and solve problems. Structured by strand, the resources are easily used alongside both the Practice Book and the Student Books.

• Buildconfidenceintacklinglongerquestionsinclassandallowfurther practice at home

• Improveliteracy,thinkingskillsandinvestigativestrategiesbyproviding opportunities for students to tackle problems within and outside mathematics

• Encouragestudentstothinkandanalysetheirworkwithquestionsdesigned to encourage independence encourage independence

Practice Books, Skills Books and the Booster Workbook are not being entered into the AQA approval process, or the Edexcel endorsement process.

Go to collins.co.uk/GCSEmaths to download a sample chapter from the Higher Skills Book.

Go to collins.co.uk/GCSEmaths to download a sample chapter from the Higher Practice Book.

Booster WorkbookAvailable for Foundation tier, this write-in Booster Workbook provides more practice for those students who require additional support.

• Idealforrevision,interventiongroupsand booster classes

• Improvestudents’confidencewith plenty of practice questions targeted at the right level


About the authorsKeith Gordon Keith is an experienced author and education consultant who has written for a wide range of KS3 and GCSE materials. He was previously a Head of Department for many years.

Kevin Evans After25yearsasaHeadofMathematicsinLeedsHigh Schools, Kevin is a part-time Mathematics Interventionteacherandanestablishedauthorwriting material for KS3 and GCSE maths resources.

Brian Speed Brian has written a number of education textbooks. He was also a maths teacher, rising to Head of Department.

Rob Ellis Rob has taught maths for 25 years in comprehensive schools, with focus on GCSE and A Level.Hiscurrentroleisassistantheadteacher.

Sandra Wharton Sandra has taught maths at a number of schools for many years. Amongst other roles, she is an IndependentAdvisorfortheAdvisoryCommitteeon Mathematics Education, she has previously been Regional Advisor for Mathematics for NationalStrategyandaCurriculumDevelopmentAdvisorforNorthSomerset.

Michael Kent Michael is a Director of Mathematics and STEM at agirls’grammarschoolandalsoaClusterLeaderoverseeing Mathematics, Design Technology and Computing. He is an experienced author of GCSE Maths resources.

Chris Pearce Chris has over 30 years’ experience teaching maths in secondary schools. He worked as an adviserwiththeNationalMathsStrategyforoverfive years. He has written a number of textbooks and other maths resources. He has also worked as a consultant in the Middle and Far East.



For AQA

Student Books

Foundation978-0-00-759743-7Mar2015•£19.99

Higher978-0-00-759734-5Outnow•£19.99

Student Book + individual student log-in to Collins Connect resources.(£2perstudentlog-in to access a digital only copy of thebook).*

Foundation978-0-00-759743-71 year subscription978-0-00-811617-0£21.99

3 year subscription978-0-00-811396-4£24.99

Higher978-0-00-759734-51 year subscription978-0-00-811616-3£21.99


Teacher Packs

Foundation978-0-00-811392-6Apr2015•£100

Higher978-0-00-811391-9Feb2015•£100

Interactive Book, Homework and Tests

Foundation 1 year subscription978-0-00-811411-4•£250


Higher 1 year subscription978-0-00-811409-1•£250


Skills Builder 978-0-00-753780-8Outnow•£5.99

Skills Books

Foundation978-0-00-811386-5Apr2015•£7.99

Higher978-0-00-811385-8Mar2015•£7.99

Practice Books

Foundation978-0-00-811384-1May2015•£7.99

Higher978-0-00-811383-4Feb2015•£7.99

Booster Workbook

Foundation978-0-00-811419-0Jun2015•£5.99

For Edexcel

Student Books

Foundation978-0-00-811382-7Mar2015•£19.99

Higher978-0-00-811381-0Outnow•£19.99

Student Book + individual student log-in to Collins Connect resources.(£2perstudentlog-in to access a digital only copy of thebook).*

Foundation978-0-00-811382-71 year subscription978-0-00-811619-4£21.99


Higher978-0-00-811381-01 year subscription978-0-00-811618-7£21.99


Teacher Packs

Foundation978-0-00-811394-0Apr2015•£100

Higher978-0-00-811393-3Feb2015•£100

Interactive Book, Homework and Tests





Skills Builder 978-0-00-753780-8Outnow•£5.99

Skills Books

Foundation978-0-00-811390-2Apr2015•£7.99

Higher978-0-00-811389-6Mar2015•£7.99

Practice Books

Foundation978-0-00-811388-9May2015•£7.99

Higher978-0-00-811387-2Feb2015•£7.99

Booster Workbook

Foundation978-0-00-811420-6Jun2015•£5.99

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*Schoolsmustpurchase60ormoreStudentBookstoqualifyforthe£2perstudentlog-in.

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